MAHARISHI VIDHYA MANDHIR

TAMIZHSELVI GANDHI
11TH CLASS
PHYSICS INVESTIGATORY
PROJECT
TOPIC: GRAVITATION
 INTRODUCTION ABOUT
GRAVITAION
• THE FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE ARE
GRAVITATION, ELECTROMAGNETIC AND NUCLEAR
FORCES.
• THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE IS THE WEAKEST AMONG
THEM .BUT THIS FORCE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE
IN THE BIRTH OF A STAR, CONTROLLING THE ORBITS
OF PLANETS AND EVOLUTION OF THE WHOLE
UNIVERSE .
 NEWTON’S LAW OF GRAVITATION
• THE LAW STATES THAT EVERY PARTICLE OF MATTER
WITH A FORCE WHICH IS DIRECTLY PROPORTINAL TO
THE PRODUCT OF THEIR MASSES AND INVERSELY
PROPORTIONAL TO THE SQUARE OF THE DISTANCE
BETWEEN THEM .

ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY

THE ACCELERATION PRODUCED IN A BODY ON A
ACCOUNT OF THE FORCE OF GRAVITY IS CALLED
ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY . IT IS DENOTED BY g.
Variation of acceleration due to
gravity
 Gravitational field
• The gravitational field is defined as the space
around a mass in which it can exert gravitational
force on other mass.
gravitational field intensity
Gravitational field intensity or strength at a point is
defined as the force experienced by a unit mass
placed at a point . It is denoted by E .
 GRAVITATIONAL
POTENTIAL
• GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL AT A POINT IS
DEFINED AS A AMOUNT OF WORK DONE IN A
MOVING UNIT MASS FROM THE POINT TO
INFINITY AGAINST THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD .
• IT IS A CIRCULAR QUANTITY .
• ITS UNIT IS Nm kg^-1 .